 | George Palmer Putnam - Chronology, Historical - 1851 - 752 pages
...Dervisea and other holy men of the East. They were in general use in Roman Catholic devotions, AD 1213. The bead-roll was a list of deceased persons for the...repose of whose souls a certain number of prayers were recited, which the devout counted by a string of beads. — Butter. BEARDS. Various have been... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1851 - 700 pages
...knight; the earls of Somerset, Dorset, and Huntingdon were taken prisoners, April 3, 1421. — Hume. BEAM AND SCALES. The apparatus for weighing goods was so called, " as it weighs во much at the king's beam." A public beam was set up in London, and all commodities ordered to be... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1853 - 738 pages
...Dervises and other holy men in the East. They were in general use in Roman Catholic devotions, AD 1213. The bead-roll was a list of deceased persons for the...repose of •whose souls a certain number of prayers were recited, which the devout counted by a string of beads. — Butler. BEAGUE, BATTLE OF, IN ANJOU.... | |
 | George Palmer Putnam - 1853 - 776 pages
...Dervises and other holy men of the East. They were in general use in Roman Catholic devotions, AD 1213. The bead-roll was a list of deceased persons for the...repose of whose souls a certain number of prayers were recited, which the devout counted by a string of beads. — Butler. BEARDS. Various have been... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1866 - 906 pages
...small bead;1'. in honour of the Blessed Virgin, about 1202. Beads soon after were in general use, Ti. Bead-roll was a list of deceased persons, for the repose of whose souls a certain nurnbtr prayers was recited, which the devout counted by n string of beads. Beads appear to hv. been... | |
 | Joseph Haydn, Benjamin Vincent - Chronology, Historical - 1874 - 1004 pages
...of 15 large and 150 small beads), in honour of the Blessed Virgin, about 1202. Beads soon after were in general use. The Bead-roll was a list of deceased...weighs so much at the king's beam," A public beam wa» set up in London, and all commodities ordered to beweighed by the city officer, called the weighmaster,... | |
 | Joseph Haydn - Chronology, Historical - 1883 - 838 pages
...of 15 large and 150 small beads), in honor of the Blessed Virgin, about 1202. Beads soon after were in general use. The Bead-roll was a list of deceased...prayers was recited. Beads have been found in British I..-H IT • . Beam AND SCALES. The apparatus for weighing goods was so called, "as it weighs so much... | |
 | Cluniacs, Sir George Floyd Duckett - Great Britain - 1890 - 64 pages
...route for Calais from this country. t A bead (or bede) is tantamount to a prayer (Jacob, Law Diet.). The bead-roll was a list of deceased persons, for...repose of whose souls a certain number of prayers were recited, and as such was necessary and used for keeping the obit, or anniversary of their death;... | |
 | Sir George Floyd Duckett - Visitations, Ecclesiastical - 1890 - 82 pages
...route for Calais from this country. t A bead (or bede) is tantamount to a prayer (Jacob, Law Diet.). The bead-roll was a list of deceased persons, for the repose of whose aouls a certain number of prayers were recited, and as such was necessary and used for keeping the... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1912 - 1214 pages
...rounded molding ; an astragal : vt to ornament with beads or beading. bead-roll (bed'rol), n. a list of persons for the repose of whose souls a certain number of prayers are assigned to be repeated; a rosary. beadle (be'dl), n. a messenger or crier of a court; a parish... | |
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Rosary (a series of 15 large and 150 small beads), in honour of the Blessed Virgin, about 1202. Beads soon after were in general use. The Bead-roll was a list of deceased persons, for the repose of whose souls a certain number of prayers was recited.... 